Cheap Prison Labor Is Keeping People Locked Up Longer, Suit Alleges
www.bloomberg.com
Inmates do billions of dollars of work for companies and governments each year. A landmark lawsuit alleges many are being kept in prison because the business is just too good.
  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Slavery was always inefficient compared to just paying starvation wages and leaning on immigration to replenish the labor pool. Using inmates is a win/win as you still get to pay starvation wages, but now you don’t even have to worry about work-place organization, caring and feeding, and it’s constitutionally protected.